{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Book","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/","name":"The Lean Startup","shortTitle":"The Lean Startup","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Ries"},"isbn":"9780307887894","numberOfPages":10,"wordCount":4410,"timeRequired":"PT17.5M","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","publisher":{"@id":"https://readstacks.com/#organization","@type":"Organization","name":"Read Stacks"},"workExample":[{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-1-start/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-1-start/","name":"Start","position":1,"wordCount":426,"timeRequired":"PT1.5M","abstract":"Ries opens with the founding observation: most startups fail, and they fail in predictable ways. They build products no one wants because they assume the founders' intuition is enough. They burn cash on features that look right and never test whether anyone will pay for them.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-2-define-and-learn/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-2-define-and-learn/","name":"Define & Learn","position":2,"wordCount":443,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Ries argues that a startup is best defined not by stage, funding, or industry but by the level of uncertainty it operates under. A small business opening a franchise has low uncertainty — the model is proven and the work is execution.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-3-experiment-and-mvp/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-3-experiment-and-mvp/","name":"Experiment & MVP","position":3,"wordCount":427,"timeRequired":"PT1.5M","abstract":"The minimum viable product is the smallest version of the offering that can produce real customer feedback. It is not the smallest version of the planned product; it is the smallest version of any product that can answer the riskiest unanswered question.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-4-leap-of-faith/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-4-leap-of-faith/","name":"Leap of Faith","position":4,"wordCount":418,"timeRequired":"PT1.5M","abstract":"Every startup begins with two leap-of-faith assumptions: a value hypothesis (people will get genuine value from the product) and a growth hypothesis (the way the product gets to more people is sustainable). Both are easy to assume and hard to verify.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-5-innovation-accounting/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-5-innovation-accounting/","name":"Innovation Accounting","position":5,"wordCount":430,"timeRequired":"PT1.5M","abstract":"Conventional accounting works well for established businesses with predictable revenue. It works poorly for startups because the metrics that matter (validated learning, hypothesis confirmation) are different from the metrics that get measured (revenue, headcount). Innovation accounting is Ries's solution: a measurement framework that captures the learning-dimension progress traditional accounting misses.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-6-pivot-or-persevere/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-6-pivot-or-persevere/","name":"Pivot or Persevere","position":6,"wordCount":460,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The pivot is the most-quoted concept from the book and the most often misused. Ries defines it precisely: a pivot is a structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, or engine of growth — not a small tweak,…","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-7-small-batches/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-7-small-batches/","name":"Small Batches","position":7,"wordCount":440,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Ries draws on lean manufacturing — the Toyota Production System — to argue that small batches outperform large batches in almost every dimension that matters to startups. A large batch (months of work shipped at once) hides defects, accumulates rework, and delays feedback.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-8-engines-of-growth/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-8-engines-of-growth/","name":"Engines of Growth","position":8,"wordCount":447,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"Sustainable growth comes from one of three engines, and most successful companies are dominated by one. The sticky engine: customers stick once they sign up, and growth comes from acquiring more than you lose. The viral engine: each customer brings in additional customers as a…","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-9-adapt-and-build-organization/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-9-adapt-and-build-organization/","name":"Adapt: Building the Lean Organization","position":9,"wordCount":454,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The last technical chapter is about scaling the Lean Startup methodology beyond the founding team. As an organization grows, the same disciplines that worked at the small scale (small batches, validated learning, pivot decisions) face entropy.","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"},{"@type":"Chapter","@id":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-10-innovate/","url":"https://readstacks.com/books/the-lean-startup-eric-ries/chapter-10-innovate/","name":"Innovate","position":10,"wordCount":465,"timeRequired":"PT2M","abstract":"The closing chapter widens the frame from startups to the broader question of how innovation happens inside any organization. Ries argues that the Lean Startup techniques scale upward — they apply equally to the two-person team building a side project and to the ten-thousand-person company…","datePublished":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z","dateModified":"2026-05-16T09:55:00Z"}]}